Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 17, 1922
Died
Oct 16, 2005
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Credits
84 titles
Ursula Howells
Biography
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films. After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.
Known For
Filmography
The Cazalets
The Tichborne Claimant
Lady Doughty
A Rather English Marriage
Mary
Midsomer Murders
Lady Isabel Aubrey
She's Out
Mrs Lawson
A Pinch of Snuff
Alice Andover
Jewels
The Duchess
Heartbeat
Miriam Wakefield
Time After Time
May Swift
Lovejoy
Olive Nettleton
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Blacklock
The Cold Room
Headmistress
The Barchester Chronicles
Miss Thorne
Something in Disguise
May Browne-Lacey
Bergerac
Elizabeth Fouchet
A Question of Guilt
Lady Uredale (voice)
The Enigma
Mrs Fielding
Gentle Folk
Mrs Menant
Father, Dear Father
Barbara Mossman
When the Actors Come
Barbara Karolina
Hard Times
Mrs Gradgrind
BBC2 Play of the Week
Barbara Karolina
The Many Wives Of Patrick
Ten from the Twenties
Mrs Isobel Asterley
Little Fears
The Older Woman
Fall of Eagles
Empress Maria Fyodorovna
Playhouse
Mrs. Menant
Miss Nightingale
Aunt May
Father Dear Father
Barbara
Franklin's Farm
Prue
Late Night Theatre
The Older Woman
Upstairs, Downstairs
Duchess of Buckminster
Cousin Bette
Adeline Hulot
Play for Today
Sarah Chandler
Ryan International
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Mumsy
Crossplot
Maggi Thwaites
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mrs. Clissold
The Root of All Evil?
Angela
Father, Dear Father
Barbara
Ooh La La!
Mme Pontagnac
Assignment K
Estelle
Torture Garden
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Man in a Suitcase
Half Hour Story
Peggy
All Gas and Gaiters
Mrs Buckley
The Informer
Lady Tregunter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Ellen
Knock on Any Door
Ann Gibbs
The Wednesday Thriller
Hilda